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At least 10 injured after device explodes at Russian supermarket

Investigators work at the site of a blast in a supermarket in Saint Petersburg on December 27, 2017.

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At least 10 injured after device explodes at Russian supermarket

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Updated: 3:07 PM CST Dec 27, 2017

An improvised explosive device stuffed with shrapnel went off at a Russian supermarket Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, according to authorities and state media.

The blast occurred near lockers at the Perekrestok supermarket in a St. Petersburg shopping mall, Tass reports, citing emergency services. There was no fire as the building was evacuated.

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"An improvised explosive device stuffed with shrapnel and with a power equivalent to 200 grams of TNT was detonated in a shopping mall," Russia's Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told Tass.

A criminal investigation has been opened into attempted murder against two and more persons.

Alexander Demianchuk\TASS via Getty Images

The city was targeted in a bombing earlier this year on April 3, when 14 people were killed and dozens more injured in an attack by a suicide bomber on a passenger train in the city's metro system.

Just last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked President Donald Trump and U.S. intelligence for a tip that led to the arrest of a suspected terrorist cell plotting bombings in St. Petersburg.